Hope you’re having a great summer! We really love this particular roundup because it’s all about being an empowered woman, and thinking about how we’re viewed and our choices, as women. Let us know your thoughts below!
 100 Years Of Magazine CoversAn interesting look at how the image of women put forth by the media has changed over the years… and what it says about how our culture sees women. |  270 Reasons Women Choose Not To Have ChildrenThe Huffington Post and YouGov asked 124 women why they choose to be childfree. Their motivations ranged from preferring their current lifestyles (64 percent) to prioritizing their careers (9 percent). Check out their many reasons here. |
 She Gets What She Wants: 20 Things Every Girl Boss Knows To Be True“#19. The better you are, the more haters you’ll have. People will be jealous of your talent and your girl boss attitude. Ignore anyone that makes you feel any less than the badass b*tch that you are. Remember, you represent something they want, and they’re giving you slack for it. Use it as a reason to work harder.” |  What Our Responses to Photoshopped Images Really Say About UsWe might be OK with a little Photoshop, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t affect us. |
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I dp not have children nor do I really want any children. Also having not found the right man to have children with is also one reason. I do find though I am discriminated against in society by not having any children. Society has been brainwashed into thinking having children, marriage, the house and mortgage is the ‘ideal’ lifestyle. I have always been different in life and have always have been left our or punished in some way in society for this. But I am true to myself and am stronger for going it alone. I will never fit in to this society nor do I want to.
I don’t think Photoshopping things like different makeup palettes, clothing colors, bruises, or lighting effects on the shots for the -original- magazines (screw any tabloids, they’re all crooks) is that big of a deal. BUT when you start altering the actual physical appearance of these people’s bodies to make them into a Barbie doll, the resulting look is, in a word, freakish. The flat front on Kate Winslet? Blarg. Kourtney Kardashian’s baby belly? Just one of many examples of how tabloids are frickin’ crooks. Removing all signs of aging? WTH is the matter with a few wrinkles??? I’m 26 and have the startings of crow’s feet at my eyes and concentration lines in my forehead, and I damn well earned them by smiling and studying/reading a whole lot. And of course, when we get to slimming down the curves of gorgeous, voluptuous women whose curves are part of why they are worshipped in the entertainment world, I just want to smack the back of the head of any of these people who think there is something so intrinsically wrong with those curves that they need to be minimized. Hell, I better not forget how ridiculous it is to pump up the volume on boobs too. If these women wanted a boob job, they could easily afford it, but they love their modest cleavage so leave it the hell alone.
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I told my now husband from the beginning that if not having kids was a dealbreaker for him, we should split up then because I wasn’t interested, and I’ve brought it up several more times but he chooses to stay. I still feel bad though for denying him something that I know he really, really wants. And he would be a great dad, but I know I’d be the one who ended up staying home with the kid and taking care of it, and having to be the “mean” parent doling out punishment. And I really don’t want that.
It’s so unfair for the media to heavily photoshop these photos and then get to pass them off as what we should look like. I agree that it is art, but I would rather see a real person in a magazine than some emiciated (not sure how to correctly spell that word) and unnatural. STOP IT!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder everybody is calling the Millennials narcissistic. All of us are self-conscious because of this.
The article about “girl boss” is brilliant. It highlights all the difficulties I and am currently having to go through as someone who is highly professional, and takes her job VERY seriously. I work with very unprofessional people in a sales role, who are not willing to learn, but instead expect to be spoon fed. I am trying to currently assert and demonstrate the importance of becoming good at this job, offering my help and and knowledge. Too many times this has been thrown back in my face, and I am accused of being a bitch. My aim is to succeed, and I want others to learn and succeed too, but some how this has just put me in a bad light. I really appreciate this article and have just shared it! ? so thank you ?
The only thing good about these is that I can use them to show my daughter why she shouldn’t compare herself with ads and magazine covers. It was much harder to find evidence like this when I was a kid, and I hope all little girls nowadays are aware that the standards set by fashion and advertising are literally humanly impossible.
I knew I didn’t want to have children from a very early age and have been trying to get sterilised since I was in my teens. I understand why I would be told no at such a young age, I mean things change rapidly when you’re an adolescent, but I’m now in my thirties. I still don’t want children. I know I will never want children.
I find it very frustrating to have my GP, who I ask about sterilisation every so often, tell me it won’t happen because “I haven’t had children.” The fact that I can’t have the procedure that will stop me having the very things I don’t want simply because I don’t have them just…. I don’t have words for how that makes me feel and I’m a writer. Ha!
I get some photoshopping, when I had senior pictures taken my photographer said she would remove anything that would be gone in the near future (blemishes, weird spots, wayward hairs, etc), but not to the extent that these are photoshopped. I actually preferred most of the untouched images because it’s nice to see that these people also have those veins that show on their thighs and maybe a little cellulite.
I have never wanted children. Being diagnosed as infertile was a huge relief to me. I love my niece and nephew but the thought of actually being pregnant makes me feel sick, I find it incredibly repulsive. My family and friends are supportive though so I’m very lucky
This is outrageous! Not only does the fashion and cosmetic industries induce body image issues amongst so many women, they also promote hiding your true selves under photoshop layers. How hard is it to accept a human for how they look naturally? Everyone has flaws, even celebrities and it is NATURAL.
Fashion & cosmetic companies make money from making people feel ugly. No one would buy into the beauty industry if they felt good about themselves & the way they look.